Archaeologists seek Civil War camp

Lafayette Square park

Baltimore Sun photo by Joe Soriero

Rain Takins (left) and Shannon Stephens sift through a screen. Archaeologists launched three-day dig at a Lafayette Square park, looking for evidence of the Army camp that stood there during the Civil War.

Rain Takins (left) and Shannon Stephens sift through a screen. Archaeologists launched three-day dig at a Lafayette Square park, looking for evidence of the Army camp that stood there during the Civil War. (Baltimore Sun photo by Joe Soriero)

Children from the Summer Learning Camp at the nearby Macedonian Baptist Church got a "hands-on" lesson with a metal detector used by archaeologists to discover artifacts. Brandon Bies swept the metal detector across the children's hands while they were holding bits of metal.

Children from the Summer Learning Camp at the nearby Macedonian Baptist Church got a "hands-on" lesson with a metal detector used by archaeologists to discover artifacts. Brandon Bies swept the metal detector across the children's hands while they were holding bits of metal. (Baltimore Sun photo by Joe Soriero)